Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-04-30
Gold and Silver Product Of the Black
Hills for

yer for the year 1886 from Black Hills
mines, was S3,l97 ,075.s7; of this amount
S2,7li,3l2.79 was gold bullion taken from
the quartz mines, $54,336.lS placer gold
and $39S,426.00 silver bullion. Law
renee county produced So, l56, 1881 gold
and silver, Pennington county $685.
gold, Custer county S7,3l6.06 gold.
will call your attention to the fact
that the Big Bend claim is situated in
bennington county.
think the showing Of the territory is
remarkably good, especially so in re-
ference to Lawrence county product
50, 100, 75S.S1) taken from mines, none
of which are situated over nine miles
from Deadwood.
There are, however, reasons why the
product was not greater, principally, the
decrease in the output of the Home
stake, the greatest bullion producer,
from $4,000 per month to about $4,000
per month for the last six months Of
the year, the closing down Of the De-
Smet mine formerly a large PRODUCER
since March month, the stoppage of the
Caledonia milling operations for two
months by the mine caving, brought
about by Encouragement, the forced
idleness of the Richmond, Sitting Bull
properties on count Of legal difficult
ties, and the inability of the Uncle Sam
Mining company to keep their mill run
ming steadily, also the result Of mis-
management.
To counteract the effects Of which,
and bring the output up to present
figures, there have several new mines
come to the front az producers, the Iron
Hill, that vas only n prospect at the
commencement of year also the ship
ping of refractory gold ore from the BALD
Mountain mining district, and the sill
yer smelling ores from the Galena dis
trict. Shipping ore was not to be con
sidered until the railroad reached Rapid.
last July, a distance Of fifty miles from
the mines. Since then, a great many
thousand dollars worth of ore has been
sent to Omaha and other places for re.
duction.
The outlook for the present years
output TO be a great deal more than in
the past, rs it appears now, is more than
flattering. The largest bullion produc-
ing mines, such as the Homestake,
Highland, Deadwood-Terra, Caledonia
Uncle Sam and Iron Hill, seem able not
only to do as well as last year, but some
of them are II a condition to DO a great
deal better. In addition TO tins, any
one acquainted with the Ruby and Bald
Mountain districts, the veins of high
grade ore found there, and the ease with
which it can be mined, cannot doubt
that there will be considerable bullion
taken from these camps during the year,
also several more prospects added to the
list of producing mines.
In the Galena district, the producing
mines are increasing in numbers and
will be able to do better for 1887 than in
1886. Some credit must be given to the
railroad for this prosperous state Of
affairs iii Ruby, Bald Mountain ana
Galena districts, as the ores are refrac-
tory for smelling and have to be sent to
custom works elsewhere for reduction.
there being no custom works here at
present.
The best news that | know Of is two
important strikes in the IIomestake
mine. 1t appears that the ore in what
is known as the south stope, was cut out
by %porphyry; there has been a tunnel
run 800 feet or over southwest through
this porphyry on the 300 foot level, and
either The vein struck again or a large
body Of rich ore struck on a new vein,
but it is thought by some the porphyry
passed through was a horse, and that il
is the same vein that was worked in the
south stope. This strike was made near
the west side of the Little Nettie lode,
on the north end of the May Booth
ground. But the developments going
on east of the Homestake vein proper
have opened up a large body of rich ore
in what is known as the Old Abe and
Palmetto veins; it has been struck on
the second, third and fifth levels, and is
equivalent to a new mine opened from
the surface for 500 feet down. The
strikes are genuine, and it would not
surprise me if Homestake paid a forty
cent dividend again before long. If
such a strike was made in a Comstock
mine, the whole country would have
heard Of it before now, and the stock
would have jumped up TO a great deal
higher than Homestake is selling for at
PRESENT.. Ii. White in n. Y. Mining
Record.
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